[HN Gopher] Potatoes in the Mail
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       Potatoes in the Mail
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2025-04-17 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (facts.usps.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (facts.usps.com)
        
       | pmags wrote:
       | I thought there must be some sort of URL spoofing or invisible
       | unicode character action going on. But no, I typed in the URL by
       | hand and it appears to be real!
       | 
       | I now know with certainty what sort of "card" my siblings are
       | getting for their next b-days!
        
         | mooreds wrote:
         | potato or coconut?
        
           | annoyingnoob wrote:
           | brick
        
       | Hobadee wrote:
       | My grandma used to tell me stories about sending watermelons in
       | the mail like that during the summer.
        
       | Molitor5901 wrote:
       | I will send a potato in the mail. I feel like I must do this as a
       | rite of passage.
        
       | noefingway wrote:
       | True fact! My wife sent one to a friend of hers. Got delivered
       | promptly, undamaged.
        
       | htrp wrote:
       | Wait until you find out you can send chickens by mail
       | 
       | https://facts.usps.com/shipping-chicks/
        
       | thecosas wrote:
       | Bricks too! https://facts.usps.com/sending-bricks-in-the-mail/
        
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